# 株

| 株 | U+682A, &#26666; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-682A |
| ← 栩 [U+6829] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 栫 → [U+682B] |
| ㊑ | U+3291, &#12945; CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH STOCK |
| ← ㊐ [U+3290] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㊒ → [U+3292] |

## Translingual
### Han character

株 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹十木 (DHJD), four-corner 4599$_0$, composition ⿰木朱)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 523, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14723
* Dae Jaweon: page 911, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1199, character 10
* Unihan data for U+682A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 咮 | *tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo |
| 株 | *to |
| 誅 | *to |
| 邾 | *to |
| 鼄 | *to |
| 跦 | *to |
| 袾 | *to, *tʰjo |
| 鴸 | *to, *tjo |
| 蛛 | *to |
| 殊 | *to, *djo |
| 趎 | *do |
| 珠 | *tjo |
| 朱 | *tjo |
| 侏 | *tjo |
| 絑 | *tjo |
| 祩 | *tjo, *tjos |
| 鮢 | *tjo |
| 硃 | *tjo |
| 姝 | *tʰjo |
| 銖 | *djo |
| 茱 | *djo |
| 洙 | *djo |
| 陎 | *djo |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *to) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

### Etymology

Perhaps Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhooʔ (“tree; wood”), whence Mon ဆု (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhū (zhu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tu / ti / chu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): du$^1$ / zu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^1$
*** Yale: jū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu
*** Tâi-lô: tu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tu³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti
*** Tâi-lô: ti
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: du$^1$ / zu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tu / tsu
*** Sinological IPA : /tu³³/, /t͡su³³/
* du1 - vernacular;
* zu1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: trju
Rime :
| Character | 株 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟輸切 |
| Baxter | trju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶio/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tro/
    (Zhengzhang): /*to/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 株 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trju › |
| Old Chinese | /*tro/ |
| English | tree root, stem |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 株 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17557 |
| Phonetic component | 朱 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 株 |
| Old Chinese | /*to/ |
| Notes | 朱轉註字 |

### Definitions

株
* tree stump
    守株待兔 ― shǒuzhūdàitù ― (literally) to watch a tree stump waiting for a rabbit
* plant
* Classifier for plants. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16th century CE
    Qiān zhū lǎo bǎi, wàn jié xiū huáng. [Pinyin]
    A thousand stalks of old cypress, ten thousand stems of tall bamboo.
* Classifier for viruses.
* root

#### Synonyms

* (plant):
* 植 (zhí) (literary, or in compounds)
* 植株 (zhízhū)
* 植物 (zhíwù)
* 植被 (zhíbèi)
* 歲物 / 岁物 (suìwù) (literary)
* 綠色植物 / 绿色植物 (lǜsè zhíwù)
* 花卉 (huāhuì)
* 花草 (huācǎo)
* 草木 (cǎomù)
* (classifier for plants):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 本, 株 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 棵, 株 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 個, 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 個 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 根, 窩, 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 根 trees, 蔸 cabbage |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 棵, 窩 trees |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蔸, 樖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蔸, 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 條 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 樖 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蔸, 棵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 頭, 棵 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 隻, 蔸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 條, 墩 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 條, 頭, 樖 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 條 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 堆 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 鬥 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 根 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 堆 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 支 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 蔸, 叢 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 頭 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 頭 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 頭 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 頭 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 樖 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 條 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 條 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 條 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 條 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 樖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 條 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 條 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 條 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 棵 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 棵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 朳, 棵 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 朳 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 棵 |
| Jin | Datong | 棵 trees, 苗 cabbage |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蔔 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 棵 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 棵 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 棵 |
| Jin | Linhe | 苗 |
| Jin | Jining | 棵, 苗 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 棵, 卜 |
| Jin | Baotou | 棵 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 苗 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 棵 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 苗 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 棵 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 棵 |
| Jin | Handan | 棵 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 棵 |
| Jin | Suide | 棵 cabbage, 卜 trees |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 蔸 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 枝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 叢, 枝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 叢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蔸, 蓬 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 叢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 樖 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 叢, 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 叢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蔸 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 叢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 叢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 叢 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 樖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 樖 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 樖, 蔸 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蔸, 樖 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蔸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 棵 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 棵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 棵 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 棵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 棵 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 棵 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棵, 株 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 株 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 根 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 棵, 隻 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 線 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蔸 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 隻 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 棵 |

### Compounds

* 五株
* 伏櫪守株 / 伏枥守株
* 分株繁殖
* 削株掘根
* 劣株
* 守株
* 守株伺兔
* 守株待兔 (shǒuzhūdàitù)
* 宋株
* 幼株
* 待兔守株
* 攣株 / 挛株
* 朽株
* 朽株枯木
* 杜門株守 / 杜门株守
* 枯木朽株
* 枯株
* 枯株朽木
* 株坐
* 株塊 / 株块
* 株守 (zhūshǒu)
* 株式會社 / 株式会社 (zhūshì huìshè)
* 株引
* 株待
* 株戮
* 株拘
* 株木
* 株林
* 株柢
* 株枸
* 桑株 (Sāngzhū)
* 根株
* 根株牽連 / 根株牵连
* 根株結盤 / 根株结盘
* 根株附麗 / 根株附丽
* 株楹
* 株榾
* 株檽
* 株櫱 / 株蘖
* 株洲 (Zhūzhōu, “Zhuzhou”)
* 株累
* 株翦
* 株聯 / 株联
* 株蔓
* 株距 (zhūjù)
* 株送徒
* 株連 / 株连 (zhūlián)
* 根連株拔 / 根连株拔
* 根連株逮 / 根连株逮
* 株連蔓引 / 株连蔓引
* 株選 / 株选
* 株離 / 株离
* 株駒 / 株驹
* 植株 (zhízhū)
* 槃木朽株
* 榛株
* 樹株 / 树株
* 橛株駒 / 橛株驹
* 母株
* 犀株
* 病株 (bìngzhū)
* 粗株大葉 / 粗株大叶
* 荊株 / 荆株
* 蔓引株求
* 蔓引株連 / 蔓引株连
* 蟠木朽株
* 蟠株
* 赤株
* 連株 / 连株
* 避株
* 避株鳥 / 避株鸟
* 陶令株
* 雄株
* 雌雄同株
* 雌雄異株 / 雌雄异株

### Descendants

* → Proto-Tai: *toːᴬ
** Thai: ตอ (dtɔɔ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちゅう (chū)
* Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
* Kan’yō-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kun: かぶ (kabu, 株, Jōyō)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 株
* かぶ Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kampu. Cognate with Kunigami 株 (khabū), Northern Amami Ōshima 株 (gabu), Okinawan 株 (kabu).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かぶ [kàbú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠bɯ̟]

#### Noun

株(かぶ) • (kabu)
* stump of a tree
* stock (in a company)
* share(s) of stock
* (virology) variant; strain
    デルタ株(かぶ)
       deruta-kabu
       delta variant (COVID-19)

#### Suffix

株(かぶ) • (-kabu)
* Abbreviation for 株(かぶ)式(しき)会(がい)社(しゃ) (kabushiki gaisha, “stock company”); inc.

##### Coordinate terms

* 社(しゃ) (sha): co.
* 有(ゆう) (yū): Ltd.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 株
* しゅ Grade: 6
* kan'yōon
From Middle Chinese 株 (trju).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゅ [shúꜜ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕɨ]

#### Noun

株(しゅ) • (shu)
* stump of a tree

##### Derived terms

* 岩(がん)株(しゅ) (ganshu)
* 雌(し)雄(ゆう)異(い)株(しゅ) (shiyūishu)
* 雌(し)雄(ゆう)同(どう)株(しゅ) (shiyūdōshu)
* 雌(し)雄(ゆう)別(べっ)株(しゅ) (shiyūbesshu)
* 守(しゅ)株(しゅ) (shushu)
* 株(しゅ)を削(けず)り根(ね)を掘(ほ)る (shu o kezuri ne o horu)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 株
* くい Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 株 – see the following entry. :
| 【くい】 | [noun] stake, pile, post Alternative spellings 杭, 杙 |
(This term, 株, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 株
* くいぜ Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 株 – see the following entry. :
| 【くいぜ】 | [noun] stump Alternative spellings 杭, 杙 |
(This term, 株, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

株 (eumhun 그루 주 (geuru ju))
* hanja form of 주 (“stump of a tree”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

株: Hán Nôm readings: chò, châu, chu
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